Finding our links in History - One Genealogist's thoughts, tidbits, and inspirations - All very much randomly posed.
One person's life does not stand-alone but interacts with family, neighbors, community, and history. Our Trees become Tangled just by living. --
T.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Appingedam, a trading seaportlocated in northeastern Netherlands, came into existence around 1200. This was the hometown of Jan Doeden, a cooper, who arrived in Philadelphia and settled in Germantown during the time of William Penn. In the earliest years of the Germantown settlement, Jan Doeden farmed and grew apples and pears on the lot just north of the Pastorius tract.

Many original medieval premises can still be found in the center of Appingedam. The most famous sight is the hanging kitchens above the Damsterdiep channel.

Monday, March 28, 2011

From the letters of William Penn and James Logan, Secretary of the Province of Pennsylvania, is a reference to our 7th Great-Grandfather, Edmund Du Casteel:

Source: Correspondence between William Penn and James Logan, secretary of the province of Pennsylvania, and others, 1700-1750: From the original letters in possession of the Logan family, Volume 9; p.132; William Penn, James Logan.

Published by The Historical society of Pennsylvania, 1870
(available on Google eBooks)

Friday, March 18, 2011

Catholic Relief Services is working to bring aid to the many thousands striken by the earthquake and tsumani that devastated northern Japan. You can help now by using the above link to donate.
Thank you,

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Gaius Julius Caesar, dictator of the Roman Republic, was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 B.C., by a group of senators including his close friend, Marcus Junius Brutus

Julius Caesar's body was cremated in a great fire that lasted all the night long. His ashes are located in the temple of Caesar, on the east side of the main square of the Roman Forum.
Below is the commemorative plaque located beside Caesar's altar.

Monday, March 14, 2011

(Act): on February 22, 1830, after publishing 3 marriage "bans" at the sermons of our parish masses and also at the masses of the parish of Ste-Anne, as it appears by the certificate of messire Fortin, curé of that place, dated from the 21 of the current (month), between Lambert Robillard, living in the parish of Ste-Anne, son of age of Joseph Robillard and of Josephte Minville of the parish of Ste-Anne, on one side, and Marie-Amable Salais from this parish, daughter under age of deceased François Salais, farmer in his lifetime, and of Rosalie Lafleur from this parish, as no objections was found, we undersigned priest of Ste-Geneviève have received their mutual consent and gave them the nuptial blessing in the presence of (?), brother-in-law, of Jean-Baptiste (?), friend of the bride, of Joseph Robillard, father of the groom, of Joachim Robillard, his brother, who, as the spouses and the witnesses declared they were not able to sign.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Today is the Second Blogiversary of Tangled Trees, and I just want to express how grateful I am to all who read my varied postings. Hopefully they will continue to inspire you in pursuing your genealogical quests.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

With the wonderful assistance of Pierre Ducharme & Muriel of the American-Canadian Genealogical Society, I was finally able to get a copy of the marriage record of Philanese Ducharme and from that identify her parents and establish her ancestry.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

These are unidentified family photos from Bakonyoszlop, Veszprém county, Hungary. We know from the writing that the first one is of the Bauman family, but that is all we know. Other related family names are Grosz, Bittman, & Reinhardt.

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I am hoping (fingers crossed) that someone will find this post and help identify these lovely people who we strongly suspect are related to us.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

On 2 March 986, Louis V, son of Lothair of France & Emma of Italy, became King of the Franks
At fifteen years of age Louis married Adelaide of Anjou who was thirty-three and on her third marriage. She soon divorced him and left his house in 984. Louis died at the age of 20 in 987.